If I Knew You Were Going to Be This Beautiful I Never Would Have Let You Go

A Vietnam-era coming-of-age novel set in a fictional Long Island town during the summer after Katie, its 18-year-old protagonist and first-person narrator, finishes high school.

This is a new debut novel, and it’s probably the best one I’ve read since “The Shock of the Fall” by Nathan Filer. Continue reading If I Knew You Were Going to Be This Beautiful I Never Would Have Let You Go